[Millie Dillmount]

according to the menier web site the 'sold out' production of dealers choice is west end bound, but when you click on the link for details nothing comes up - doesnt say when the transfer is

i was thinking is this going to evict bad girls from the garrick, replace night in novemeber at studio one or what sort of business is buddy doing at the duchess?

be interesting to see this again - i saw the first matinee, and it needed lots of tightening up

anyone have any news?

[bananafrit]

It's transfering to Trafalgar Studio 1

Info here: http://www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios/sp_p4117.html

[Elle]

It's a great production with a wonderful cast who if transfer with it wil be a bonus for the West End. I didn't like the actual play itself but think it will work very well at the Trafalgar... perhaps the Garrick can house the Menier's next production (LaCage) if it does well. It's a great track record for the Menier.

[keysersoze]

Maybe good new writing in the theatre is actually dead now...

It's not.

[Alexandra]

Just off the top of my head, what about Martin McDonagh (Irish parents but born and lived all his life in London and had a big success on Broadway with The Pillowman). Anyway why should the test of good new writing be whether you're under 50 and have had work produced on Broadway in the last 15 years? What nonsense.

[armadillo]

There's been plenty of good new writing at the NT in the last few years Ignoring the many excellent adaptations, off the top of my head I enjoyed Stuff Happens, The Overwhelming, The Permanent Way, Sing your hearts of for the lads, Elmina's Kitchen, Dinner, The Night Season, The Seafarer, Chatroom, Citizenship, Paul, Market Boy, Blue/Orange, Fix Up, On the Shore of the Wide World, The Talking Cure, Democracy and probably quite a few more. If Guest really didn't enjoy any of these, then he/she probably isn't very interested in new writing anyway.

BTW, how many American playwrights under the age of 50 have made it to Broadway in the last 15 years? Or the WE? Not many, I'd guess.

[Laughingmonsta]

Saw this production this evening - what a great piece of theatre, I knew nothing of the piece before going into see the production but wasn't expecting it to be a laugh out loud show.

The cast were perfect apart from a very weak performance by Samuel Barnett (i also thought he was the weakest link in History Boys) but thats just me being picky.

What surprised me most was the underlying message of how they all relied on each other and poker to get them through the day to day lives and that without these two fixes that their life doesn't amount to much - with this and War Horse in a day I think i'm going to be hard pushed to find a day at the theatre that is going to even come close to value for money and enjoyment that i have encountered today!